CVE-2025-8865

Aug. 11, 2025, 6:32 p.m.

4.1
Medium

Description

The YugabyteDB tablet server contains a flaw in its YCQL query handling that can trigger a null pointer dereference when processing certain malformed inputs. An authenticated attacker could exploit this issue to crash the YCQL tablet server, resulting in a denial of service.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Yugabyte
  • Yugabytedb
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a yugabyte yugabytedb / / / / / / / /

References

https://docs.yugabyte.com/preview/secure/vulnerability-disclosure-policy/

Tags

CWE-476
security@yugabyte.com
2025-08-11
CVE-2025-8865

CVSS Score

4.1 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: ADJACENT
  • Attack Complexity: HIGH
  • Attack Requirements: PRESENT
  • Privileges Required: HIGH
  • User Interaction: ACTIVE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: Aug. 11, 2025, 3:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Aug. 11, 2025, 6:32 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security@yugabyte.com

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